Prints & Multiples 
15 May 2024
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Maurizio Cattelan b.1960

L.O.V.E. Carillon music box

2015
resin 11¼ h × 4⅛ w × 4⅛ d in (29 × 10 × 10 cm)
estimate: $500–700
result: $567
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Music box plays Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head. Stamped signature, title and inscription to underside ‘1:39 Scale reproduction of L.O.V.E. by Maurizio Cattelan installed in 2010 in Piazza Affari Milan-Italy Seletti’. This work is from an unnumbered edition of 1800 produced by Seletti, Milan. Sold with original packaging.

This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

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In this work, L.O.V.E. stands for Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità (Freedom, Hate, Vengeance, Eternity). Cattelan has said that the sculpture is an anti-fascist statement, where the fingers are not flexed but cut off, undermining the hand salute of Italy's fascist history.

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